‘States must ensure social security benefits to every employee’

Bandaru Dattatraya, Minister of State(IC) for Labour and Employment has urged to all the Chief Ministers and LGs to ensure compliance regarding social security coverage of outsourced staff working in the Government Departments as well as other Public Sector Undertakings, State Cooperatives and other bodies.  The Chief Secretary and the Labour Secretary of the respective state be asked to have a meeting of all the Departments and other Public Sector Institutions in this regard so that every employee gets social security benefits. The State administration may associate Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner-in-charge of the State in this regard, the Minister added.